Crap Towns / Southend-on-Sea / Weather

How often does it rain in Southend-on-Sea?

It rains in Southend-on-Sea on 104 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 18% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 3rd driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 539 mm a year, 30% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,774 hours of sunshine a year, 16% higher than the typical town's 1,532: the 42nd sunniest.

All that sunshine and the High Street still looks shut.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)104127
Rainfall (mm)539766
Hours of sunshine1,7741,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Hockley and Hawkwell6.2 km109
South Woodham Ferrers11.6 km108
Rayleigh8.1 km108
Thundersley and South Benfleet8.6 km108
Ashingdon6.1 km107
Hullbridge9.3 km107
Canvey Island9.1 km106
Rochford3.5 km105
Southend-on-Sea–104
Great Wakering7.2 km101
Burnham-on-Crouch11.9 km101
The typical town–127